I'm a traveler here
The same words as 3 hymnals printed them. Pick two versions to see every change between them: words added, dropped or altered, and verses left out.
4 words changed · 2 stanzas only in Hymns for God’s Peculiar People #19 · tune [unclear] → I'm a Traveler
Verse 1
I'm a lonely trav'ller here,
Weary, opprest; but my journey's end is near,
Soon I shall rest.
Dark and dreary is the way,
Toil-ing I've come; Ask me not with you to stay,
Yonder's my home.
Verse 1
I'm a lonely traveler here,
Weary, oppressed; but my journey's end is near,
Soon I shall rest.
Dark and dreary is the way,
Toil-ing I've come; Ask me not with you to stay,
Yonder's my home.
Verse 2
I'm a weary trav'ller here,
I must go on,
For my journey's end is near—
I must be gone.
Brighter joys than earth can give;
Win me away;
Pleasures, that for ever live—
I cannot stay.
Not in this version
Verse 3
I'm a trav'ller to a land
Where all is fair;
Where is seen no broken band—
All, all are there;
Where no tear shall ever fall,
Nor heart be sad;
Where the glory is for all,
And all are glad.
Verse 2
I'm a traveler to a land
Where all is fair;
Where is seen no broken band—
All, all are there;
Where no tear shall ever fall,
Nor heart be sad;
Where the glory is for all,
And all are glad.
Verse 4
I'm a trav'ller, and I go
Where all is fair;
Farewell all I've lov'd below—
I must be there.
Worldly honors, hopes and gain,
All I resign;
Welcome sorrow, grief and pain.
If heav'n be mine.
Not in this version
Verse 5
I'm a trav'ller—call me not—
Upward's my way;
Yonder is my rest and lot,
I cannot stay.
Farewell, earthly pleasures all,
Pilgrim I'll roam;
Hail me not—in vain you call—
Yonder's my home.
Verse 3
I'm a traveler—call me not—
Upward's my way;
Yonder is my rest and lot,
I cannot stay.
Farewell, earthly pleasures all,
Pilgrim I'll roam;
Hail me not—in vain you call—
Yonder's my home.